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*Note to self to start AMD Blog

Anyone else have cricket? Ive lost complete service for hours at a day for about two weeks now. Im about to switch back to republic wireless.

I mean holy shite, ive never experienced anything like this.

People like to shite on Sprint, and yeah they are slow, but I at least HAD frickING SERVICE.

Really disappointed with Cricket. For the first month they were as advertised, but it's been bad ever since.

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Storage: Intel 750 Series 400GB PCI-E Solid State Drive ($329.99 @ Newegg)

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Samsung SM961 is not only incredibly faster, but also cheaper with more space.

Kinda overkill on the SSD and memory imo.

Edit: $250+ for a sound card? Yikes.

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($199.99 @ B&H)

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A bit much to use with an evo cooler. A waste. Plenty of cheaper motherboards out there capable of the same functionality. But this is the least egregious thing.

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Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($114.99 @ Newegg)

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Are you an animator for Pixar?

Even if you're video editing, no way. Don't just load up on the slowest memory available. Drop down to 16GB, unless you're a professional video editor or 3d modeler, in which case, drop down to 32GB.

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Storage: Intel 750 Series 400GB PCI-E Solid State Drive ($329.99 @ Newegg)

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Nah, get the Samsung.

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Sound Card: Asus Xonar Essence STX 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card ($269.04 @ Amazon)

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Eek. Why? I'm guessing this is not a video/3d workstation machine because there's just no need for this. An an audio workstation would be using external interfaces and a DAC.

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Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card ($429.99 @ Amazon)

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And I'm guessing you ran out of money, because a build in the $2000 range would be using two of these. Instantly able to shave off $400+ from the other excesses that add no performance, so you can, at the very least, get a 1080.

Unless this is not a gaming build?

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at the very least, get a 1080.

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I was wondering why a 1070 was in a 2K build, you all have covered the ram.

How is the touch wiz? I would own an S6 or S7 if it wasn't for that crap. It overwhelming to me.

Edt: Also only used non-tech ppls Galaxies before. So the touch wiz was turned up to 11.

I wish these founders edition of the 1080 would go the frack away, I am tired of seeing them the only cards available. It's been a month and the other cards are not available unless you want newegg to frack you without the courtesy of a reach around, how they are getting stock is beyond me and people are sucking them up at inflated prices.

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Ordered my Nexus 5x as well, only paid $200 for it unlocked.

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You will be disappointed. Return or wait a few months. The 808 is not super responsive and battery life sucks.

Also each update from Google is slowing down my 5X. I was a big N5 fan, but this wasn't a direct replacement. Using it daily just because its the perfect size as my N6 is too large and Moto X 2 camera is garbage.